Castle Builder The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

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Exhibit Specifications Size: 2,000- 2,500 sq. ft. (232 square meters) Target Audience: Families with children 6-12 years-old

Goal

To create an extraordinary family learning experience that allows visitors to discover the world of castle-building.

Objectives

To show children and families how and why castles are built.

To celebrate the power of plastic toy bricks to inspire unrestrained creative play.

To provide an interactive experience which invites children and families to create their own imagined castle world with plastic toy bricks.

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Big Idea and Main Messages: Big Idea: It takes creativity and skill to plan, build and run a castle. Main Messages:

Planning helps builders construct successful castles.

Each part of a castle is built for a purpose.

Plastic toy bricks provide a creative outlet for modern-day castle builders of all ages.

Secondary Messages:

It takes all kinds of people to build and run a castle.

Castles served a defensive purpose as well as being a living space.

Exhibit Description Summoning All Castle Builders! Builders of all ages are invited to explore, build and play in the traveling exhibition –Castle Builder! In this exhibit kids and their families are transported to a fanciful kingdom where they too can become castle builders, building their own toy castle brick by brick. Build, Build, Build! - Builders of all ages and skill levels can construct castles, learn

about real-world castles and their building secrets, and plan their ideal castle’s defenses. The Builders Guild is divided into three age-appropriate build areas; 7+, 3-6, and toddler.

Explore a Giant Castle - Explore the inside of the royal castle full of decorations and the

king and queen’s thrones. Aim a Catapult – Build a fortress wall on screen and test its strength with a virtual

catapult. Defend the Castle Walls - Climb into a lookout tower and slide back down to the

ground. See a dragon - In the dragon’s cave, children and adults can create and share their own

fantastical stories that feature castles as the setting.

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